Context Menu Options

Article Number: 50 | Last Updated: Fri, Sep 23, 2011 4:01 PM

The context menu in UltraCompare offers some very useful features for file management, merging of differences, and directory navigation in both the text compare modes and the folder compare mode.

The following commands are available in Text Compare mode:

Open in UltraEdit	opens selected files in UltraEdit for editing
Align Manually	resets alignment based on the two lines currently selected in the active file compare - must be invoked separately in both compare panes to set lines for manual alignment. After the second line is selected for manual alignment, all lines above those selected will be marked in the line number column to indicate that they are not included in the active compare.
Reset Alignment	restores compared file alignment to default scan state
Merge First to Second	merges selection from left file to right file
Merge Second to First	merges selection from right file to left file
Advanced Merge	merges selection from left to right (or right to left) either above or below the differenced line without overwriting the existing text
Accept All	accepts all merge changes in specified files
Cut	deletes selection from active document and moves it to the clipboard
Copy	copies selection from active document to the clipboard
Copy Frame to Clipboard	copies content of active frame to clipboard obeying filters if applied
Paste	pastes data from the clipboard into active document
Delete File	deletes active file from disk
Clear	clears the contents of the active compare pane
Delete Selected Line	deletes selected line only in the file in which it is selected
Add Line to Bookmarks	adds the selected line to the current bookmark navigation list
Explore First Folder	opens Explorer to Source directory
Explore Second Folder	opens Explorer to Destination directory
Show File in Browser	passes active file to default browser for OS
Refresh	repeats compare to refresh differences indicated

In Binary (smart or fast) Compare mode, only the Open file in UltraEdit, Delete File, Explore First/Second Folder, Show File in Browser, and Refresh options are available in the context menu.

The following commands are available in Folder Compare mode:

Open in UltraEdit	opens selected files in UltraEdit for editing
Merge First to Second	merges selected file from left to right directory
Merge Second to First	merges selected file from right to left directory
Accept All	accepts all merge changes in specified files
Mark	adds selected files/folders to internal tracking list to support hiding
Reset Marked	removes files/folders to internal tracking list
Hide Marked	hides items added to internal tracking list
Show Hidden	restores visibility of items previously hidden
Delete selected files(s)/folder(s)	removes the selected files/folders from the active directory
Explore First Folder	opens Explorer to Source directory
Explore Second Folder	opens Explorer to Destination directory
Show Preview File	toggles visibility of text file preview of active file in compare
Load First File	presents submenu to select frame to load selected file for text comparison
Show File in Browser	passes active file to default browser for OS
Refresh	repeats compare to refresh differences indicated

The following commands are available in 3-Way Folder Compare mode:

Open in UltraEdit	opens selected files in UltraEdit for editing
Merge First to Second	merges selected file from first to second directory
Merge Second to First	merges selected file from second to first directory
Merge Second to Third	merges selected file from second to third directory
Merge Third to Second	merges selected file from third to second directory
Merge First to Third	merges selected file from first to third directory
Merge Third to First	merges selected file from third to first directory
Accept All	accepts all merge changes specified
Mark	adds selected files/folders to internal tracking list to support hiding
Reset Marked	removes files/folders to internal tracking list
Hide Marked	hides items added to internal tracking list
Show Hidden	restores visibility of items previously hidden
Delete Selected File(s)/Folders(s)	removes the selected files/folders from the active directory
Explore First Folder	opens Explorer to first directory
Explore Second Folder	opens Explorer to second directory
Explore Third Folder	opens Explorer to third directory
Show Exclude Dialog	presents dialog where user may select files/folders to exclude from active compare
Show Preview File	toggles visibility of text file preview of active file in compare
Refresh	repeats compare to refresh differences indicated